. Railway mechanical engineer . Arrangement of Tracks Serving the Car Shop and additional natural light was furnished by a monitor inthe roof. In order to make the building more suitable for re-pair work, the interior was first whitewashed and the pitswere boarded over. Electric lights were installed on the col-umns and steam heating pipes were placed on the outer air lines were also run around the outer wall Horses Made of Pipe Combine Lightness and Strength of the tracks are used for assembling the cars. The largermaterial used in the shop, such as pressed sheets, sidestakes,
. Railway mechanical engineer . Arrangement of Tracks Serving the Car Shop and additional natural light was furnished by a monitor inthe roof. In order to make the building more suitable for re-pair work, the interior was first whitewashed and the pitswere boarded over. Electric lights were installed on the col-umns and steam heating pipes were placed on the outer air lines were also run around the outer wall Horses Made of Pipe Combine Lightness and Strength of the tracks are used for assembling the cars. The largermaterial used in the shop, such as pressed sheets, sidestakes, etc., is stored between the shop and the open turn-table and one of the tracks has a platform, reached by aramp, from which scrap can be loaded directly into a scrapcar. The tools provided in the shop were selected for their. The Spacing of Tracks Provides Ample Room Even at the InsideWall of the Shop and outlets were brought to the columns between the pits. Aconnection was made to the air supply main from the powerhouse and a compressor and boilers were also installed adja-cent to die inner wall to insure an ample supply of air. Fueloil piping was also installed. This is connected direct tostationary rivet heaters located at convenient points in thehouse and in addition supplies oil for eight portable it was planned to utilize oxy-acetylene torches to a large Layout of Machine Tools adaptability in handling the wide range of work that is metin making heavy repairs to steel cars. All the large pressedsteel parts standard to New Haven cars are bought from carbuilders and a majority of the other parts are received readyfor application, so no tools for quantity production are Decembkr, 1921 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 753 needed. Many of the smaller steel parts are made on theMcCabe Sanger or on a
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